Troy and King in Wilson’s play

August Wilson created several similar characters in two plays Fences and King Hedley II such as Troy and King, Gabriel and Stool Pigeon and Bono and Mister. They are really similar in personalities, behavioral patterns, and relationships between characters introduced in the play. Gabriel and Stool Pigeon both have mental problem and speak about strange things. Bono and Mister also have a lot of similarities. They are best friends of Troy and King and both are led by Troy and King. Among the rest, the protagonist of both plays, King and Troy have most similarities in his play for many ways.
First, Troy and King both have rough experiences with their past life. Troy left his father when he was fourteen and started steel something. He ended up at penitentiary which King also had been for seven years. Both of them have similar reasons for spending time at the penitentiary, for which they had killed someone. King killed Pernell because he called him “Champ” and he cut his face. And Troy killed someone because he shot Troy. They basically have really similar background and that comes out their personalities as well.
Even though, they both have totally understandable reason for fighting in self defense, they eventually ended up with killing someone. This obviously, represents their rough personalities. Normal person can not easily kill the people even if they get the harm from someone. However, King and Troy eventually did it which shows their roughness and aggression. Beside that, Troy and King have strong responsibility. Troy worked for the family and gave money to Rose. He also took a responsibility of his daughter from another woman. King also showed the responsibility of his baby that Tonya had in her stomach.
Their personalities also appear in their relationship with others. When Troy treated Cory, we can definitely see his personality. When Cory walked over top of Troy, Troy rebuked that and fought with Cory. Troy was not afraid of Cory at all, even Cory grows up and had the power to fight against with him. King also has a really similar personality as Troy. In the story King said, “The last one cost me seven years. Like I say, this one ain’t gonna cost me nothin’. This one gonna be self-defense. Come on… let’s shoot some crap.” (99). King does not even afraid killing someone.
Another similarity in their personality is that they have really strong insistence. They did not care about others opinion. Once they decided something, they never care about what others may think. Troy did not let Cory go to college even though Rose and Cory wanted him to do that. King also did not care Tonya that she told him not to steal something. However, he only thought about the money that can open the video shop and kept stealing something.
The relationship they have with their friend also have a common ground. Both of them have the best friends, Bono and Mister. Their really good friend with Troy and King but they always led by Troy and King. Bono said that, “My man Troy knows what he’s doing… I’m gonna follow this nigger… he might take me somewhere. I been following you too. I done learned a whole heap of things about life watching you.”(62). It definitely shows that Troy is in higher position than Bono in their relationship. In the King Hedley II, Mister could not get the money from the pot and had to come up with anther idea because King did not want him to take money from the pot.
Troy and King both have a problem with family members. In the Fences, Troy conflicted with Cory started by college issues and that issue becomes bigger and bigger throughout the story. King also had a problem with Ruby and finds out the truth about the story of his father. Conflicts with family members lead the story into a tragic ending with both plays, resulting in their own death, (Troy and King).
Troy and King are really similar characters that Wilson created. The personality and relationship with others are obviously similar in many ways. The background Wilson created for them made them similar in personality. Additionally, both of them had the same ending that they died at the end of the story. The characters Wilson created in two plays have a lot in common especially with the King and Troy.